A boutique clothing storefront built with React and Vite, where orders flow straight into a Google Sheet for the owner to confirm by hand. No database, no admin panel, no customer accounts, just a quiet, well-paced shopping experience.
A small clothing brand in Cebu needed a place to show their pieces and take orders online. Most ready-made shop platforms felt too heavy for them: monthly fees, clunky dashboards, and more setup than a one-person business could keep up with. They did not want a full inventory system or customer logins. They just needed a clean site that matched their brand and let them review each order personally, the way they already worked.
JhiKaye is a storefront that stays light on purpose. Customers browse, save favorites, and check out, and every order lands in a Google Sheet where the owner confirms it by hand. No backend database to maintain.
Tech stack: React and Vite power the frontend, Zustand handles cart and wishlist state, Tailwind and Radix shape the UI, and Express plus Vercel functions connect orders to the Google Sheets API.
Sheet as the backend: Orders post through serverless functions straight into a Google Sheet, so the owner manages everything from a tool she already knows
Philippines-first checkout: Province-aware delivery fees, GCash and BPI payment options, and a QR-code payment step with proof-of-payment upload
Account-free by design: Cart and wishlist save to the browser, keeping the site simple to use and easy to maintain
Brand-led UI: A soft, editorial look with a custom palette and type system so the site feels like the brand, not a template
This project showed me that the best solution is often the smallest one that fits how someone actually works. Skipping a database and leaning on a Google Sheet kept things maintainable for a one-person shop without losing any real function. I also learned how much a consistent design system carries a brand, from color tokens down to copy. If I built on it, I'd add simple order-status updates so customers can follow their purchase without needing an account.